School Days

Not for the faint of heart, this anime misleads you at first with vibrant backdrops, beautiful animation, and positive themes like friendship and love. However, Love very quickly loses it's hold on the story as more and more characters are introduced and the downward spiral begins.

If you're anything like me and get attached to characters instantly you'll find at least one character you're rooting for, but as you descend through the chaos and deepening darkness you should start to feel something for almost every single character.

The way School Days gradually and carefully shifts gears is incredible, as you realize all the dark themes were there since the start, subtly.

And the darker and darker it gets you are constantly reminded by the title name that even though the matters at hand are so small and trivial, in "School Days" love, or what you think is love, can be all that matters, and it make can or break your entire "world."

Wow ok, so I watched this anime a long time ago and completely forgot about everything that happened in it except for the ending and I randomly decided I wanted to rewatch it, and now I wonder why/how I liked it so much back then.

I now get why love triangles are so hated, cuz this is the worst and most frustrating love triangle I've ever watched in anything ever, seriously, I hated seeing Kotonoha not only getting bullied by almost everyone on the show for no reason but also going back to the worst guy.

Really, I hated Makoto and Sekai back then and I still do now, although I don't really get why I liked Setsuna so much when she too was extremely mean to Kotonoha, I know she at least had a reason but it was still frustrating.

The show was at least a 2 out of 10 but a 4 out of 10 with the ending, it's honestly amazing that they went for one of the worst ending in the School Days game and I just have to respect it.

Anyway, Screw Makoto, Screw Sekai and honestly screw everybody else except best girl Kotonoha, I'm so glad she got her revenge at the end, not saying how exactly even if I feel like everyone knows it by now.

Let's just start off with a bit of background; School Days is an infamous anime based off of a Japanese visual novel, now the visual novel has about 12 different endings, the anime's ending basically shows the worst possible outcome.

This anime has some AMAZING PRODUCTION it's super solid and the people who made this anime knew what they were doing with the pacing, the music, the timing, everything was top tier. The pacing at times feels slowed down and personal which adds on to the overall tone, personal. After all, the developments of the story are dark. There's a lot of foreshadowing towards the end about the big twist with Makoto. This show is brilliant, all the characters were flawed individuals but none of them deserved the ending they received, but even so none of the actions taken by the characters were unreasonable. The grand finale was brilliant, it was dark, it was extreme but it was built up to that point perfectly. There aren't words to describe just how great the execution was of the scene was, the music, the framing, the pacing and the dialogue. Everything worked together perfectly.

We can take this anime as a cautionary tale on the consequences of cheating and how that can affect others negatively.

This anime is a unique experience, I recommend going in blind when watching this anime. It's definitely more surprising without the spoilers I was unaware of that and unfortunately made the wrong choice and got spoiled but even so I was still shocked by the events which transpired towards the later half of the series.

Flaws: The middle part of the anime felt long and slow, for me it was a little boring, for others it was regular pace. Some even complain that the last few episodes felt rushed however i myself I enjoyed the pacing at the beginning and towards the last 3 episodes.

Overall I would give this anime a 8/10. This anime could of went in many different directions but it was clear from the start that the anime wanted to use this ending and it was well made, plus I enjoyed it. Honestly I understand the arguments for why this anime was a dumpster fire but I have to give it some props because I enjoyed watching.

It has already been said, but it's true so I'll say it again. It starts off light like a normal romance anime, nothing special, but at the 4th episode it starts to get darker, and darker, and heavier, then suddenly the final episode arrives and hits you in the stomach with a baseball bat. I watched the entire series in 1 day because I couldn't wait to find out what happens next, so it was around 1:00 AM when I saw the last episode. I couldn't sleep too well, I was emotionally disturbed for about a week but afterwards I just relaxed and started laughing.

I re-watched many of the episodes (including the ending) and still love them. The characters are likable, (everyone may hate Makoto, but they aren't reading in between the lines) the story is moving, and I can't remember anything else to say. I recommend this for people who either have a strong stomach, or a barf bag.

It may be a bit unrealistic, but then again, when the hell are animes ever realistic?

For a matter of fact this anime is good, the problem is the characters, each one of them seems to have only one motive and all of them just feel really flat and unfinished and, yes I know "read the manga" they say but the way this anime's plot has been planned out just quite litterly feels shallow with only the ending just being a WTF moment for me, all the other events are pretty much unnecessary or are just there to make the runtime longer. If you are a man of culture give this one a watch, but if you are looking for a mind-bending story to get invested in this ain't gonna be your cup of tea. 7/10